The defendants were convicted of a slew of other crimes, including assault, making unlawful threats, receiving stolen goods, as well as firearms and explosives offences. Satakunta District Court has found two men not guilty of committing terrorist offences in relation to the activities of a far-right group in the small town of Kankanpää, in southwest Finland. The five defendants in the case faced a total of 27 charges, with two of the suspects also charged with committing the crimes with a terrorist intent. An Yle investigation into the gang’s activities revealed an extensive list of suspected crimes committed by its members, as they were known to harass, intimidate and even violently attack people in the town over the course of a number of years. Many of their victims were from minority backgrounds, police said, as the group were influenced by racist and neo-Nazi ideology. The case also marked the first time terror charges were ever filed against a far-right group in Finland. (…) One of the men was convicted of an offence involving explosives, although the original charge — of an explosives offence committed with terrorist intent — was dropped. He was also found guilty of assault, making unlawful threats, receiving stolen goods, a firearms offence, and aggravated assault. The court sentenced him to one year and four months in prison. The second of the two main defendants was also found guilty of a slew of charges, and he was also handed a prison sentence of one year and four months. He was found guilty of offences including receiving stolen goods, a firearms offence, an explosives offence, assault, and aggravated assault.
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